United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country	United Kingdom
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	7 March 2015
Selected entrant	Electro Velvet
Selected song	"Still in Love with You"
Selected songwriter(s)	David Mindel ; Adrian Bax White;
Finals performance
Final result	24th, 5 points
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest

Last updated April 19, 2024

The United Kingdom participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Still in Love with You" written by David Mindel and Adrian Bax White. The song was performed by the duo Electro Velvet, which was internally selected by the British broadcaster BBC to represent the United Kingdom at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. Electro Velvet and "Still in Love with You" was announced as the British entry in a special presentation show titled Our Song for Eurovision 2015 broadcast on the BBC Red Button service in March 2015.

Background

Prior to the 2015 contest, the United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-seven times.^[1] Thus far, the United Kingdom has won the contest five times: in 1967 with the song "Puppet on a String" performed by Sandie Shaw, in 1969 with the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" performed by Lulu, in 1976 with the song "Save Your Kisses for Me" performed by Brotherhood of Man, in 1981 with the song "Making Your Mind Up" performed by Bucks Fizz and in 1997 with the song "Love Shine a Light" performed by Katrina and the Waves. To this point, the nation is noted for having finished as the runner-up in a record fifteen contests. Up to and including 1998, the UK had only twice finished outside the top 10, in 1978 and 1987. Since 1999, the year in which the rule was abandoned that songs must be performed in one of the official languages of the country participating, the UK has had less success, thus far only finishing within the top ten twice: in 2002 with the song "Come Back" performed by Jessica Garlick and in 2009 with the song "It's My Time" performed by Jade Ewen. For the 2014 contest, the United Kingdom finished in seventeenth place out of twenty-six competing entries with the song "Children of the Universe" performed by Molly.

The British national broadcaster, BBC, broadcasts the event within the United Kingdom and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. BBC announced that the United Kingdom would participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 on 9 September 2014.^[2] Between 2011 and 2013, BBC opted to internally select the British entry, a selection procedure that continued for their 2014 entry.^[3]

Before Eurovision

Internal selection

On 6 October 2014, BBC announced that the British entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 would be selected internally. An open submission was announced for interested artists to submit their songs in the form of a video recording until 7 November 2014.^[4] In addition to the open call, the BBC also considered entries provided by record labels and music industry experts including writers, producers and artists from the BBC Introducing platform.^[5]^[6] The 300 received submissions were reviewed by a professional panel headed by British Eurovision executive producer and Head of Delegation Guy Freeman, and a twelve-song shortlist was compiled and presented to an alternate twelve-member panel that ultimately selected the British entry.^[7] On 24 February 2015, Guy Freeman revealed that the British artist and song would be revealed on 7 March 2015 on the BBC Red Button service.^[8]^[9]^[10]

On 7 March 2015, the song "Still in Love with You" written by David Mindel and Adrian Bax White and performed by the duo Electro Velvet was revealed as the British entry during the show Our Song for Eurovision 2015, hosted by Scott Mills on the BBC Red Button service. The song was also presented to the public on the same day through the release of the official music video via the official Eurovision Song Contest's YouTube channel. Electro Velvet consists of singers Alex Larke and Bianca Nicholas, and was formed specifically for the Eurovision Song Contest.^[11]

Promotion

Electro Velvet made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "Still in Love with You" as the British Eurovision entry. On 10 April, Electro Velvet performed during the Eurovision PreParty Riga, which was organised by OGAE Latvia and held at the Palladium in Riga, Latvia.^[12] On 18 April, Electro Velvet performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Edsilia Rombley.^[13] On 24 April, Electro Velvet performed during the Eurovision Pre-Party, which was held at the Place de Paris Korston Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia.^[14]

In addition to their international appearances, On 26 April, Electro Velvet performed during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the Café de Paris venue in London, United Kingdom and hosted by Nicki French and Paddy O'Connell.^[15] On 8 May, Electro Velvet were part of the guest line-up for the BBC One programme The Graham Norton Show where they performed "Still in Love with You" live and were interviewed by host Graham Norton.^[16]

At Eurovision

According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. In the 2015 contest, Australia also competed directly in the final as an invited guest nation.^[17] As a member of the "Big Five", the United Kingdom automatically qualified to compete in the final on 23 May 2015. In addition to their participation in the final, the United Kingdom was also required to broadcast and vote in one of the two semi-finals. During the semi-final allocation draw on 26 January 2015, the United Kingdom was assigned to broadcast and vote in the second semi-final on 21 May 2015.^[18]

In the United Kingdom, the semi-finals were broadcast on BBC Four with commentary by Scott Mills and Mel Giedroyc.^[19] The second semi-final was simulcast on BBC Radio 2 Eurovision, a pop-up DAB station, with commentary from Ana Matronic.^[20] The final was televised on BBC One with commentary by Graham Norton and broadcast on BBC Radio 2 and Radio 2 Eurovision with commentary by Ken Bruce. The British spokesperson, who announced the British votes during the final, was Nigella Lawson.^[21]

Final

Electro Velvet took part in technical rehearsals on 17 and 20 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 22 and 23 May. This included the jury final where the professional juries of each country watched and voted on the competing entries.^[22]^[23]^[24] After technical rehearsals were held on 20 May, the "Big Five" countries, host country Austria and special guest Australia held a press conference. As part of this press conference, the artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. The United Kingdom was drawn to compete in the first half.^[25] Following the conclusion of the second semi-final, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final. The running order for the semi-finals and final was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. The United Kingdom was subsequently placed to perform in position 5, following the entry from Estonia and before the entry from Armenia.^[26]

The British performance on stage featured the members of Electro Velvet performing on stage with the LED screens displaying Art Deco designs and flashing lights that transitioned to neon colours. The performance began with each member of the duo making their entrance from a staircase prop and were then joined by two male and two female backing vocalists. Bianca Nicholas was dressed in a cerise pink 1920s style dress while Alex Larke was dressed in an aubergine coloured suit. The female backing vocalists were dressed in purple while the male backing vocalists were dressed in black and white. Each of the performers' outfits and the staircases were also equipped with lights that would turn on when the stage transitioned to darker neon colours. The backing vocalists that joined Electro Velvet for the performance were Scarlette Douglas, Sophie Carmen Jones, Chris Arias and Ryan Heseltine.^[22]^[23]^[27] The United Kingdom placed twenty-fourth in the final, scoring 5 points.^[28]^[29]

Voting

Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member were released shortly after the grand final.^[30]

Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that the United Kingdom had placed twenty-fourth with the public televote and twenty-third with the jury vote. In the public vote, the United Kingdom scored 7 points and in the jury vote the nation scored 12 points.^[31]

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to the United Kingdom and awarded by the United Kingdom in the second semi-final and grand final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:

Points awarded to the United Kingdom

Points awarded to the United Kingdom (Final)^[32]
Score	Country
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points	San Marino
2 points
1 point	Ireland Malta

Points awarded by the United Kingdom

Points awarded by the United Kingdom (Semi-final 2)^[33]
Score	Country
12 points	Israel
10 points	Latvia
8 points	Ireland
7 points	Sweden
6 points	Cyprus
5 points	Malta
4 points	Poland
3 points	Lithuania
2 points	Norway
1 point	Portugal

Points awarded by the United Kingdom (Final)^[32]
Score	Country
12 points	Sweden
10 points	Australia
8 points	Italy
7 points	Latvia
6 points	Russia
5 points	Israel
4 points	Lithuania
3 points	Belgium
2 points	Poland
1 point	Serbia

Detailed voting results

The following members comprised the British jury:^[30]

David Arch (jury chairperson) –musical director, musician, composer, arranger
Mark De-Lisser –vocal coach
Thomas Blaize –singer, songwriter, composer
Yvie Burnett –singer, mezzo-soprano, vocal coach
Pandora Christie –radio/TV presenter

Detailed voting results from the United Kingdom (Semi-final 2)^[34]
Draw	Country	D. Arch	M. De-Lisser	T. Blaize	Y. Burnett	P. Christie	Jury Rank	Televote Rank	Combined Rank	Points
01	Lithuania	12	13	10	16	11	14	1	8	3
02	Ireland	9	3	4	4	1	2	6	3	8
03	San Marino	16	16	15	17	17	17	17	17
04	Montenegro	13	15	8	13	16	15	14	15
05	Malta	4	5	9	5	3	3	10	6	5
06	Norway	6	6	14	3	6	7	8	9	2
07	Portugal	3	8	16	9	9	9	9	10	1
08	Czech Republic	15	7	5	6	10	8	13	12
09	Israel	2	2	6	1	2	1	5	1	12
10	Latvia	7	1	3	15	4	4	3	2	10
11	Azerbaijan	17	11	7	10	14	13	16	16
12	Iceland	14	14	17	12	13	16	12	14
13	Sweden	1	4	12	7	7	6	4	4	7
14	Switzerland	8	10	13	14	8	11	15	13
15	Cyprus	10	12	2	2	5	5	7	5	6
16	Slovenia	5	17	1	8	15	10	11	11
17	Poland	11	9	11	11	12	12	2	7	4

Detailed voting results from the United Kingdom (Final)^[35]
Draw	Country	D. Arch	M. De-Lisser	T. Blaize	Y. Burnett	P. Christie	Jury Rank	Televote Rank	Combined Rank	Points
01	Slovenia	8	20	4	10	11	10	23	17
02	France	21	13	12	21	20	20	26	25
03	Israel	4	9	6	1	3	3	10	6	5
04	Estonia	20	18	23	23	6	21	12	15
05	United Kingdom
06	Armenia	25	25	24	25	23	25	22	26
07	Lithuania	14	19	13	13	16	14	1	7	4
08	Serbia	18	15	8	9	15	12	9	10	1
09	Norway	7	12	17	14	10	11	17	13
10	Sweden	1	1	1	3	7	1	3	1	12
11	Cyprus	6	11	9	8	8	7	14	11
12	Australia	3	3	5	2	1	2	5	2	10
13	Belgium	11	5	2	18	9	8	8	8	3
14	Austria	10	21	22	17	13	16	21	20
15	Greece	19	17	20	12	14	15	18	16
16	Montenegro	16	16	15	20	18	18	25	23
17	Germany	13	10	16	7	2	9	20	14
18	Poland	12	14	14	22	21	17	2	9	2
19	Latvia	9	2	3	15	5	5	6	4	7
20	Romania	24	24	21	16	24	24	11	18
21	Spain	17	8	25	5	12	13	13	12
22	Hungary	15	23	7	24	26	23	19	22
23	Georgia	23	6	19	19	19	19	16	19
24	Azerbaijan	22	22	18	11	22	22	24	24
25	Russia	5	4	11	4	17	6	7	5	6
26	Albania	26	26	26	26	25	26	15	21
27	Italy	2	7	10	6	4	4	4	3	8

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v t e United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
Discography National selection (Contestants)
Participation	1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Andy Abraham Olly Alexander The Allisons Michael Ball Bardo Belle and the Devotions Black Lace Blue Patricia Bredin Brotherhood of Man Bucks Fizz Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson Ronnie Carroll Co-Co Josh Dubovie Electro Velvet Emma Jade Ewen Scott Fitzgerald James Fox Nicki French Jessica Garlick Gina G Mary Hopkin Engelbert Humperdinck Imaani Samantha Janus Javine Jemini Joe and Jake Bryan Johnson Lucie Jones Katrina and the Waves Kathy Kirby Lindsay Live Report Love City Groove Lulu Kenneth McKellar Molly Matt Monro Mike Moran Mae Muller The New Seekers James Newman Olivia Newton-John Lynsey de Paul Precious Prima Donna Michael Rice Cliff Richard Rikki Clodagh Rodgers Frances Ruffelle Ryder Sam Ryder Daz Sampson Scooch The Shadows Sandie Shaw Sonia SuRie Sweet Dreams Bonnie Tyler Vikki
Songs	"All" "Are You Sure?" "The Bad Old Days" "Beg, Steal or Borrow" "Believe in Me" "Better the Devil You Know" "Bigger than Us" "Boom Bang-a-Bang" "Children of the Universe" "Come Back" "Congratulations" "Cry Baby" "Dizzy" "Don't Play That Song Again" "Embers" "Even If" "Flying the Flag (For You)" "Give a Little Love Back to the World" "Go" "Hold On to Our Love" "I Belong" "I Can" "I Love the Little Things" "I Wrote a Song" "I'm Never Giving Up" "It's My Time" "Jack in the Box" "Knock, Knock Who's There?" "Let Me Be the One" "Long Live Love" "Looking High, High, High" "Love City Groove" "Love Enough for Two" "Love Games" "Love Is..." "Love Shine a Light" "Love Will Set You Free" "Making Your Mind Up" "A Man Without Love" "Mary Ann" "A Message to Your Heart" ~~"My Last Breath"~~ "Never Give Up on You" "No Dream Impossible" "One Step Further" "One Step Out of Time" "Only the Light" "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit" "Power to All Our Friends" "Puppet on a String" "Ring-A-Ding Girl" "Rock Bottom" "Runner in the Night" "Save Your Kisses for Me" "Say It Again" "Say Wonderful Things" "Sing, Little Birdie" "Space Man" "Still in Love with You" "Storm" "Teenage Life" "That Sounds Good to Me" "Touch My Fire" "We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)" "Where Are You?" "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong" "You're Not Alone"
Note: Entries scored out signify where the United Kingdom did not compete